As Superstorm Sandy closed in on the New Jersey coast, one man was prepared. He had reliable, off-grid power via a network of solar generators. Ultimately, he housed 35 people for a month after the storm until the grid was back up and running. Read his story.

As part of the company's commercial solution expansion, SolarEdge is launching its highest wattage power optimizer - the P800, which improves its commercial power optimizer offering. Installers can now connect even higher-wattage modules in a 2-to-1 configuration in commercial projects, thus reducing installation time on the roof, lowering part count, and increasing system energy production.

September 6, 2016 San Francisco: Whitham Group, the leading executive search firm in the renewable energy industries, has been named a Kilowatt Sponsor of the annual Solar Power International conference, held this year in Las Vegas, NV on September 12 - 15 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

• $8bn (75%) of the auto industry's R&D spent in expo's host state, Michigan*
• Google's planned 53,000ft2 self-driving-car technology development center in Novi, just across from the expo center
• The Battery Show set to open its sell-out exhibition to record number of attendees next week

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